BSG Vid: Trapdoor Trigger

[beccatoria]

Ironically, my first occasion to use my shiny new icon for a vid post and it's not even about the Cylon. I'm sure the subjects of this vid would disapprove mightily. ;)

Title: Trapdoor Trigger
Video: Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Audio: 90-mile Water Wall // The National
Spoilers: Through 4x14 Blood on the Scales.
Summary: The arbitrary brutality of civilian life.
Editor's Notes: As always, my thanks to cyborganize for the beta. Also I used Pinnacle to edit this, which was an...interesting experience. I'm still trying to work out how I feel about it.

Direct download available here. RightClickSaveAs. 33 megs approx.

Password: vidses

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Cross-posted to galactica_vids and vidding.

Other vids available here.

Comments

[chamalla.livejournal.com]

Very powerful. My feelings are really conflicted right now. Even though you had almost every storyline in BSG about people in the fleet in this vid, instead of making them, their lives and deaths look important, it made me feel their despair and futile effort to find a meaning and purpose in their lives.
One thing is for sure, I'm going to think about it for some time.
And the editing is perfect!

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I hate to say it, but the pointlessness and futility was exactly what I was going for. I mean, they are important because there's nothing more important to the show than the numbers on the white board. But at the same time, they're just...numbers on a white board.

I wanted to get across the despair that the civilians must feel, and why they do such crazy shit like die for coffee, or demand peace with the enemy, or blow themselves up to prevent peace with the enemy, or mutiny, or decide to convert to Baltarism.

Anyway, thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. :)